湖北黄冈中学高二上学期期中考试英语试题 word版含答案Word格式.docx

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A

　　Eversinceherhusbandwenttoworkabroad,Mrs.Jacksonhaslivedonherownintheirbigoldsuburbanhouse,whichwaspurchasedbyherhusbandabout20yearsago.

　　Consideringhersafety,hersonhasbeentryinghardtoaskhertosellthehouseandbuyanewandsmalloneindowntown.Tohisdisappointment,Mrs.Jacksondoesn’taccepttheidea.Shesaysthatshehastolookaftertheiroldhouse,asthefamilytie.Butrecentlythereareoftenstoriesaboutsomeonestealingthingsaroundhere.

　　ItwasafreezingdaybeforeChristmasEve.Ataboutfouro’clockintheafternoon,Mrs.JacksonwasenjoyingsomeChristmasmusicwhensomeoneknockedatthedoor.Shehearditbutdidn’tmove.Anotherknock.Whomightitbe？

Mrs.Jacksonwasalittleafraid.Shedeterminednottoanswerthedoorbutkeepwaiting.Thennothingstrangehappenedandnomoreknocks.Shewaitedafewminutes.Shewalkedquietlytothedoor,andlistened.Sheheardnothingbutthewindoutside.Sheslowlyunfastenedthedoorandlookedoutsidethroughthecrack.Shethenletoutacryandthrewthedoorwideopen!

Shecouldhardlybelievehereyes.Atthedoorshesawatall,beautifulChristmastree!

InthetreewasaChristmascardwiththefollowingwords:

　　MerryChristmas!

Yournewneighbor

21．Itisbecausehethinksabout_______thathersonwantshertochangeaplacetolivein.

A．herhealth　　　　　　B．hersafety

C．hermood　　　　　　　D．hercharacter

22．ThereasonwhyMrs.Jacksonwantstokeepthehouseisthat_______.

A．itiscomfortable

B．shecanlivealone

C．itisthefamilyconnection

D．itsvaluecanbehigher

23．WhenMrs.Jackson“threwthedoorwideopen”,shefelt_______.

A．frightened　　　　　B．surprised

C．funny　　　　　　　D．easy

B

　　A12-year-oldgirlwhohadaslightfeelingthatshemightbequitecleverhastakenatestandprovedshewasabsolutelyright.

　　LydiaSebastianachievedthetopscoreofl62onMensa’sCattellIIIBpaper,suggestingshehasahigherIQthanwell-knowngeniusesAlbertEinsteinandStephenHawking.

　　Thecomparisondoesn’tsitwellwiththeBritishstudent,who’scurrentlyinYear8atColchesterCountyhighschool,aselectivegirl’sgrammarschoolinEssex,England.

　　“Idon’tthinkIcanbecomparedtosuchgreatintellectualssuchasAlbertEinsteinandStephenHawking.They’veachievedsomuch.Idon’tthinkit’sright.”LydiatoldCNN.

　　Lydiasatthetestinhersummerholidays,afterraisingtheideawithherparentswhowereinfavorofitaftersometime.

　　Itturnsoutthetestwasn’tthathardafterall.

　　“IwasreallynervousbeforethetestandIthoughtitwasgoingtobereallyhard.ButasIstartedthetest,Ithoughtitwasabiteasierthanlthoughtitwasgoingtobe,”shesaid.

　　Lydia’snotquitesurewhatshewantstodowhenshegoestouniversity,thoughshe’sleaningtowardsomething“basedaroundmath,becauseit’soneofmyfavoritesubjects.”

　　“AllI’mgoingtodoisworkashardasIcan,andseewherethatgetsme,”shesaid.

　　ToputLydia’smarkinperspective,thetopadultscoreintheCattellIIIBtest,whichprimarilytestsverbalreasoning,is161.Atop2％score—whichallowsentrytoMensa,theclubforthosewithhighIQs—wouldbe148orover.Lydiascored162,placingherinthetopl％ofthepopulation.

24．WhatcanweknowaboutLydiafromthepassage？

A．Sheisamiddleschoolstudent.

B．Sheistheclevereststudent.

C．ShethinkssheisclevererthanEinstein.

D．Shehadthoughtthetestwasveryeasy.

25．Accordingtothepassage,whosupportedhertakingthetest？

A．Herteachers.　　　　　B．Herclassmates.

C．Herfriends.　　　　　　D．Herparents.

26．IfyouwanttoenterMensa,youhaveto________.

A．beascleverasLydiainthetest

B．beabletoattendafamousuniversity

C．haveagreatinterestinmath

D．getatleast148intheIQtest

27．AfterLydiagraduatesfromhighschool,shewill________.

A．majorinmathprobably　B．enteraclub

C．neverbenervous　　　　D．achievealot

C

　　Alibaba,BankofChinaandHuawei—thesearethedreamemployersforChinesestudents,accordingtoanewsurvey.

　　“Thesurveyofmorethan55,000students,conductedbytheresearchfirmUniversum,hasfoundthatroughlyaquarterwanttoworkforaninternationalcompany,whileonly9％wanttoworkforastart-up.Fivepercentwanttostarttheirownbusiness.”

　　Thestudentssaidthatwork-1ifebalancewasthemostimportantcareergoal,followedbyjobstability.Whenitcomestodesirablecompanies,BankofChinahasbeennamedthetopchoicebybusinessstudentsforsevenconsecutiveyears,andthegiganticstate-ownedfirmshowsnosignsofgivingupitslead.

　　WilliamWu,theChinacountrymanagerforUniversum,saidthatbankingremainsanattractiveindustryforyoungChinese.“China’sgovernmentisnowemphasizingtherevolutionofthefinanceindustry,whichleavestheyoungergenerationwiththeimpressionthatalthoughbankingisatraditionalindustry,therearestillalotofdevelopmentopportunities.”Wusaid.

　　E-commercegiantAlibaba（BABA,Tech30）improvedsixplacesfrom2014,rankingsecondamongbusinessstudents.Alibaba’sriseshouldn’tcomeasmuchofasurprise—thecompanyheldarecord-breaking$25billionIPOinSeptember.

　　Amongengineeringstudents,Alibabawasonceagainabridesmaid.Instead,Huawei—atelecomsinfrastructurefirmthatnowmakesconsumerproducts-tookthetopspot.

　　“Bothofthesecompaniesarepioneersintermsoflocalcompaniesgoinginternational.”saidWu.“Itshowsthat…aninternationaldevelopmentstrategyhasapositiveinfluenceamongChineseyoungtalents.”Techcompaniesruledtherankingsforhumanitiesstudents,withAlibaba—whichwasninthin2014一landingatthetop.Lastyear,ApplewastheNumberlchoiceofChinesestudents.

28．What’sthepercentageofthesurveyedstudentswhowanttojoinacompanysetuprecently？

A．Fivepercent.　　　　　　B．Twenty-fivepercent.

C．Ninepercent.　　　　　　D．Twentypercent.

29．Whatisthesecondmostimportantcareergoalforthestudents？

A．Work-lifebalance.　　　B．Jobstability.

C．Alibaba.　　　　　　　　D．Theirownbusiness.

30．InWilliamWu’sviewpoint,anativecompanythat_______willattractgraduates.

A．isrootedonlyinChina

B．makesconsumerproducts

C．goesinternational

D．justaimsattheforeignmarket

31．Whatdoesthepassagewanttotellusmainly？

A．Whatcompaniesstudentswanttoworkfor.

B．Whystudentshavetogotouniversity.

C．Howacompanycandevelopwell.

D．Wherestudents’successliesin.

D

　　Newresearchhasshownthatyoumightnotjustbefeelingblue,youmayalsobeseeingitdifferently.Abluemoodmaybemorethanjustafigureofspeech.Yourmoodmayalsoaffecthowyouseetheworldaroundyou,accordingtoanewstudy.Ateamofresearchershasdemonstratedthatsadnesscouldhaveaneffectonthewayweseecolors.

　　Theteam,ledbypsychologyresearcherChristopherThorstensonoftheUniversityofRochester,foundthatpeopleinwhomtheyhadinducedasadmoodwerelessaccurateinidentifyingcolorsontheblue-yellowaxis（轴线）,comparedtopeoplewhoweren’tfeelingsad.

　　“Wewerealreadydeeplyfamiliarwithhowoftenpeopleusecolortermstodescribecommonphenomena,likemood.evenwhentheseconceptsseemunrelated,”Thorstensonsaidinastatement.“Wethoughtthatmaybeareasonthesemetaphorsemergewasbecausetherereallywasaconnectionbetweenmoodandidentifyingcolorsinadifferentway.”

　　Thorstensonandhisteamarenotthefirsttoidentifyalinkbetweenadepressedmoodandadifferenceinrecognition.In2010,EmanuelBublandhisteamatAlbertLudwigsUniversityFreiburginGermanyfirstdemonstratedalinkbetweendecreasedcontrastsensitivityanddepression.Thiswassupportedbya2013paperbyJohnsonFaroetaloftheUniversityofSingapore.

　　Theteamconductedtwostudies．Inthefirst,127participantswerechosen 

randomly 

towatchoneoftwovideoclips,whichhadbeenprovedinpreviousstudiestofeeleithersadness（acartoonclip）oramusement（astand-upcomedyroutine）.Theydidn’tdothatinaspecificorder.

　　Theentiregroupwasthentaskedwithidentifyingthecolorsin48continuedcolorswatches.Thegroupthathadbeenshownthecartoonclipwasmeasurablyworseatidentifyingcolorsalongtheblue-yellowaxis,althoughnodifferencewasfoundalongthered-greenaxis.

　　Forthesecondstudy,130participantswererandomlyassignedtowatcheitherasadcliporaneutralone.Thesadnessgroupshowedreducedabilitytoidentifycolorsalongtheblue-yellowaxisthantheneutralgroup.Again,therewasnodifferencealongthered-greenaxis.

　　Becauseofthislackofdifferencealongthered-greenaxis,theresearcherssaythedifferenceinabilitycannotbeexplainedbylackofeffort,orfocus.Ifthesubjectswerebadlyfocused,theywouldhaveperformedequallybadlyalongbothcoloraxes.

32．Ifone________,thecolorsheseesmightbedifferentfromthoseinothers’eyes.

A．isinagoodmood　　　　B．hasaneyeillness

C．attendsaspeech　　　　D．doesn’tfeelhappy

33．Whowerethefirsttofindoutthelinkbetweenmoodandidentifyingcolours？

A．Emanuelandhisteam.　　B．Thorstensonandhisteam.

C．Johnsonandhisteam.　　D．ThorstensonandJohnson.

34．Thesadnessgroupinthesecondstudy_______.

A．felthappywhenwatchingthevideo

B．performedbetterthantheother

C．werelessabletoidentifysomecolours

D．couldonlyidentifyblueandyellow

35．Whatdoestheunderlinedword“randomly”inthefifthparagraphmeanmostprobably？

A．Innospecificplace.

B．Withnospecificrule.

C．Innospecificconfidence.

D．Atnosp